Coconut Oil Not So Healthy After All
Marie Donlon | June 16, 2017
Image credit: PixabayThe coconut oil craze may soon be over, thanks to the latest guidelines from the American Heart Association.
Often touted as a healthier alternative to saturated fats, researchers believe that legitimate scientific evidence is lacking.
Packed with more saturated fat than found in beef fat, butter and pork lard, coconut oil can raise “bad” cholesterol, thereby clogging arteries and increasing the risk of heart disease and stroke, according to the American Heart Association.
Much of the advice concerning fat can be confusing, with animal fats considered bad for you while plant oils are considered good for you.
Dr. Frank Sacks, lead author of the AHA advice, said: "We want to set the record straight on why well-conducted scientific research overwhelmingly supports limiting saturated fat in the diet to prevent diseases of the heart and blood vessels."
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The study only shows that LDL cholesterol increases slightly in some people who consume coconut oil. The link between LDL cholesterol and heart disease has been debunked for quite a long time now. The AHA deliberately avoids debating their position on this link. To do so would open tyhe subject to the results of numerous studies with results they don't like. They are heavily invested in their previous narrative - now, they have to defend it.
Proof of the pudding is eating.
just see the health of Keralites, in India, who exclusively eat coconut and coconut oil in their diet, and then make your statements. Cardiac problems are lowest in that state.
Our scientific fraternity is intent upon deriding age old nutritional practices and impose upon gullible public their refined practices.
For your information Coconut oil is the only oil that is not at all refined and consumed in its raw state that carries all the goodies.
Researching about a commodity in which they have no hands on experience is endemic to West !